glory and offers tours seven days a week. Bishop’ s Palace was built in 1892 and is now considered one of the best examples of Victorian architecture. Ashton Villa is even older, dating back to 1859. It was from Ashton Villa’ s balcony that the“ Juneteenth Proclamation” was read, freeing Texas slaves. Today the building is also known as one of the most haunted buildings in America.
3. Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Museum— Maybe it’ s just us, but we thought an offshore drilling museum would be a bore. We couldn’ t have been more wrong. The museum is consistently ranked as one of the top attractions in Galveston, and it’ s right next to the cruise terminal. The museum sits on a retired oil rig and will teach you everything about drilling and exploration for energy in the Gulf’ s waters.
4. Galveston Pleasure Pier— it’ s one of Galveston’ s newest attractions, and it sit at the spot of one of the island’ s most famous former landmarks. The Flagship Hotel used to sit on this pier into the Gulf, but was heavily damaged during Hurricane Ike. Now the hotel has been taken down and the Pleasure Pier has taken its place.
The Pleasure Pier includes roughly a dozen of rides( including a roller coaster) and a restaurant, all sitting out in the Gulf of Mexico.
5. Moody Gardens— If you drive into Galveston from Houston, you can’ t miss Moody Gardens. Its iconic pyramids house a living rainforest with over 1,000 species of plants and animals, an aquarium, an IMAX theater, and much more. It’ s a great way to